Steve Jobs Wanted the iPhone to Have a Back Button Just like Android Devices

Apple is planning to get rid of the Home button on the iPhone 8, leaving the phone with absolutely no buttons, but there was a time when the company was very close to having two of them.

Everyone knows that as compared to Android devices, iPhones have always sported just a single button that later was upgraded to include Touch ID as well.

But as revealed in a new book called “The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone,” Steve Jobs originally wanted the company’s flagship device to have two different buttons, one of which would serve the same purpose as on Android devices: go back when navigating through menus or in the browser.

Apple designer Imran Chaudhri was the one who convinced Steve Jobs to stick wit… (read more)